Gosse Collection
117 Portraits in set
117 portrait engravings, etchings and lithographs, including original portrait prints given to Gosse by the artists, together with photographs and other reproductions after portraits. The majority of the prints date to the period between 1879 and 1924. The collection includes portraits of many notable figures from the second half of the 19th century and was assembled by the poet Sir Edmund Gosse.
after Richard Burbage (Burbadge)
photograph, (early 17th century)
NPG D9660
by John Smith, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, 1703
NPG D9992
Letter to Mr Pollock - from Thackeray including a caricature of him
by William Makepeace Thackeray
photograph, early-mid 19th century
NPG D9577
after Brook Pulham
reproduction of etching, (1825)
NPG D9818
Lady Dorothy Fanny Nevill (née Walpole)
after George Frederic Watts
lithograph, (1844)
NPG D9872
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon
by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, mid 19th century
NPG D9671
Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton
by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, 1852 or after (circa 1844)
NPG D9802
possibly after Dante Gabriel Rossetti
photographic print, (circa 1860s)
NPG D9932
after William Bell Scott
photograph, (circa 1860)
NPG D9960
published by Friedrich Bruckmann, after Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Younger
photographic print, 1864 or after
NPG D46392
published by Friedrich Bruckmann, after Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Younger
lithograph, 1864 or after
NPG D46393
by Paul Adolphe Rajon, after Sir Frederic William Burton
etching, (1865)
NPG D9729
by George J. Stodart, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, late 19th century
NPG D9658
by Unknown artist
lithograph, late 19th century
NPG D9717
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
after Mortimer Luddington Menpes
carbon print, late 19th century
NPG D9990
John James Robert Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland
by Charles Holl, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, (1872)
NPG D18075
published by Macmillan & Co
engraving after photograph, (1873)
NPG D9739
by Charles Holl, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1874 or after
NPG D9981
John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1878 or after
NPG D9944
Hubert Herkomer A.R.A. and his Children
by Sir Hubert von Herkomer
etching, 1879
NPG D9797
Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, after 1880
NPG D9833
by Paul Adolphe Rajon, after Walter William Ouless
etching, (1880)
NPG D9874
by Sir Hubert von Herkomer, published by Fine Art Society Ltd
mezzotint and etching, published 21 July 1880 (1879)
NPG D18074
by Theodore Blake Wirgman
etching, 1880s (1881)
NPG D23052
by Theodore Blake Wirgman
etching, 1880s (1881)
NPG D9648
Henry Thurstan Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1881 or after
NPG D9799
David Robert Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore
by The Autotype Company, after Henry James Haley
collotype, 1881 or after
NPG D18081
by Sir Hubert von Herkomer
mezzotint, 1881
NPG D18084
by Sir Hubert von Herkomer
drypoint, 1882 (1877)
NPG D9829
by John Elmsly Inglis
line engraving and etching, 1883 or after
NPG D9588
by Léopold Flameng, after John Collier
etching, published 1883
NPG D9709
Menu for the 'Kinsmen' includes etching of Phil May and John Bull
by Unknown artist
etching, 1883
NPG D9854
probably by Charles Oliver Murray, published by Fine Art Society Ltd
etching and drypoint, published 1 May 1883
NPG D18082
Richard Everard Webster, Viscount Alverstone
by George J. Stodart, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1884 or before
NPG D9590
by Frederick Hollyer, after Sir William Blake Richmond
photograph, before 1929 (1884)
NPG D9819
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, (1884)
NPG D9989
Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1886
NPG D18070
after Augustus Saint-Gaudens
photograph, 1929 or before (1887)
NPG D42134
(William) Edward Hartpole Lecky
by George J. Stodart, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1887 or after
NPG D9831
by Sprague & Co, after William Strang
ink-photo, published 26 January 1887
NPG D9957
Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
by George J. Stodart, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1888
NPG D9639
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Charles William Sherborn, after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
photogravure, 1889 (1888)
NPG D9613
Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant-Duff
by William Roffe, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1889 or after
NPG D9724
after Henry Tanworth Wells
etching, circa 1890
NPG D9627
Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, circa 1890
NPG D9706
by Charles William Sherborn, after Sir James Jebusa Shannon
etching, 1893
NPG D9842
George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle
by Charles William Sherborn, after Henry Tanworth Wells
etching, 1894
NPG D18071
Reginald Earle Welby, Baron Welby
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1896)
NPG D37633
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, 1896
NPG D9607
Alexander Hugh Bruce, 6th Baron Balfour of Burleigh
after Sir George Reid
collotype, 1896 or after
NPG D9616
William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, 1896
NPG D9870
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1896)
NPG D18076
Thomas Henry Sanderson, 1st Baron Sanderson
by The Autotype Company, after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1896)
NPG D18077
after William Nicholson
lithograph after a woodcut, 1897
NPG D7816
published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson
lithographic reproduction of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1897
NPG D9631
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1897)
NPG D9645
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, 1897-1901
NPG D9700
by The Autotype Company, after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1897)
NPG D9785
Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke, 11th Earl of Montgomery
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, 1897
NPG D9895